Durham University offers bursaries to students who defer entry

One of the UK’s top universities is offering bursaries to students who are willing to defer their entry until next year, as up to 55,000 school leavers scramble to get places at their first choice universities. Durham University, recently rated the 11th best university in the country by one guide, says it will provide students … Read more

University Challenge viewers say contestant looks exactly like former host Bamber Gascoigne 

‘Bamber Gascoigne’s aged well!’ University Challenge viewers say studious-looking Belgian contestant from Cambridge is the spitting image of show’s former host Latest episode saw Clare College Cambridge take on Balliol College Oxford However, viewers were distracted by Cambridge contestant Van Soest’s uncanny resemblance to former show host Bamber Gascoigne  Gascoigne, now 85, was famous for … Read more

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, will be studying online for his second year at Yonsei University

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, 19, will be studying online due to the pandemic as he begins his second year at Seoul’s Yonsei University By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 Angelina Jolie has revealed her son Maddox’s study plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Her eldest … Read more

A-levels U-turn throws university admissions into chaos

University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept.    English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more

University admissions are plunged into fresh chaos by major exam U-turn

University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept.    English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more

Nearly 3,000 Oxford graduates urge university to admit students hit by downgraded A-levels

Nearly 3,000 Oxford University graduates have called on the institution to admit students whose grades were downgraded amid the A-level results controversy. In an open letter, alumni called on the university to show ‘kindness and generosity’ to students whose marks had been ‘unexpectedly and unfairly downgraded by an algorithm’. Nearly two in five of teachers’ … Read more

2014 Taliban massacre survivor wins place at Oxford University

A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre of 150 pupils at his Pakistan school wins place at Oxford University Ahmad Nawaz, 19, almost lost his arm after a terror attack at his school in 2014  The Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 150 students including his brother Haris He has now accepted a place to … Read more

Fewer students find university places through clearing, figures show 

Fewer students have found university places through clearing, figures from this year’s school leavers have shown. More than 13,000 applicants have been accepted on to degree courses through the annual process – down 24% on the same point last year. The figures come the day after students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their … Read more

A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre wins place at Oxford University

A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre of 150 pupils at his Pakistan school wins place at Oxford University Ahmad Nawaz, 19, almost lost his arm after a terror attack at his school in 2014  The Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 150 students including his brother Haris He has now accepted a place to … Read more

Number of students given university places RISES nearly 3%

The total number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has risen nearly 3 per cent, it was revealed today as A-level pupils received their results. University admissions service Ucas said 358,860 people from across the UK have been accepted so far this year – a 2.9 per cent increase compared to results day … Read more